Cold Laser Therapy AZ - Tempe
The Leader in Photobiomodulation
Using the amazing power of laser light to heal injuries faster
We use some of the strongest and most sophisticated lasers available to accelerate repair of wounds and damaged tissue.
We use Apollo and Avant laser systems at our clinic. These extremely powerful systems guarantee short treatment times and deep penetration into tissue.
Acupuncture Treats Migraine Headaches. Migraine Headaches can be debilitating and leave sufferers bedridden with pain, dizziness, and nausea for days at a time. Several research studies prove that acupuncture is one of the best treatments for eliminating migraine headache pain. Repeated tests showed it even more effective than conventional drug therapies. One of the studies included MRI analysis of the brain in migraine patients. Analysis showed how migraine sufferers experience a decrease in functional connectivity between the frontal and temporal lobes in the brain. Acupuncture is shown to restore this connectivity within MRI studies. MRI analysis also showed how acupuncture seems to restore glycometabolism rates in several parts of the brain that were considered abnormal in migraine patients. This type of analysis helped explain WHY acupuncture is so effective in both relieving migraine pain and preventing future migraine attacks. Of course, acupuncture is also incredibly effective in treating tension, cluster, and sinus headaches. The pain relief, anti-inflammatory, and tension relieving actions of acupuncture attack headaches from several angles resulting in dramatic relief that lasts even several weeks after the the last treatment.
Introducing our New Laser System:
The Avant LZ30Z
While we've helped thousands of patients heal injuries with our Apollo Laser System, we have just added the Avant Laser System to our tool set. What makes the Avant system so special is that it incorporates the massive power of the Apollo system and adds additional wavelengths (colors) and offers both continuous wave and pulsed options. This increase in capabilities opens up a whole new chapter on our ability to treat a much larger range of medical conditions with cold laser therapy. To put it simply, we can heal injuries faster, decrease pain and inflammation quicker, and get you active as quick as possible.
High Quality Personalized Health Care With Cold Laser Therapy
Laser Therapy uses a process called
Photobiomodulation to:
Reduce local inflammation
Accelerate repair of:
- bone fractures
- torn ligaments and tendons and muscles
- regenerate cartilage
- nerve damage
- skin damage (cuts, abrasions, ulcers, burns)
Speed up formation of blood vessels
Stimulates the immune system
Develops collagen and muscle tissue
Our Services
Our Tempe cold laser and acupuncture clinic provides services performed by a fully licensed acupuncturist in business since 2008 who has the expertise and experience to provide the personalized expert care that you deserve. Besides his acupuncture education, Craig is an expert in the physics of lasers resulting from his many years as an engineer and has been a STRONG advocate of laser therapy and the mechanisms behind their success for over 15 years. There are many laser therapy devices and "healing light" gimmicks in the market place. We promise that we only use the highest quality, most powerful, and most effective laser therapy tools at our clinic. Cost of service is $90. This fee includes an all-inclusive treatment using cold-laser therapy, acupuncture, and cupping therapy. There is no additional cost for initial consultation.
What is Cold Laser Therapy in Tempe Arizona?
The word LASER is the name of a device that projects coherent radiation in the visible, ultra-violet, or infra-red part of the electro-magnetic spectrum. It produces photons that are both monochromatic and in-phase. To put it simply, it produces light of one specific color that doesn't scatter. The unique properties of coherence and monochromaticity are the key to why laser light is so effective compared to other kinds of light in pain reduction and healing. Cold laser therapy, also known as photobiomodulation and low-level laser therapy, involves the application of low power laser light to injuries and lesions to speed healing and reduce pain. It is used to increase the speed, quality and strength of tissue repair, reduce inflammation, and give pain relief. Laser therapy has been found to offer superior healing and pain relieving effects compared to other electrotherapeutic modalities such as ultrasound, especially in chronic problems and in the early stages of acute injuries. Laser therapy is a complete system of treating muscle, tendon, ligament, connective tissue, bone, nerve, and dermal tissues in a non-invasive, drug-free modality.
How does cold laser therapy work?
LASER light, in the right wavelengths, penetrates into the tissue eliciting photochemical and photo-biological responses. The effect takes place within the mitochondria; the organelle (part of the cell) responsible for producing ATP. When light is absorbed it causes a build-up of single oxygen molecules that accelerate the formation of ATP (adenosine triphosphate), the cells’ energy and fuel source, to 10 times the average rate. Increased ATP production leads to a secondary cascade or reactions: increasing immune response, accelerating the healing process and reducing pain. This concept of using light to alter various biological responses in our body is called "Photobiomodulation".... a term that is more accurate in describing this process than just "cold laser therapy"...since it's not just limited to laser light.
Ailments Show in Numerous Evidence Based Studies to be Treatable by LLLT and Therapeutic Laser Include:
• Rheumatic pain and rheumatoid arthritis
• Ankylosing spondylitis (inflammation between the vertebrae of the spine and sacroiliac joints)
• Buerger’s disease (inflammation of the arteries, nerves and veins in the legs and arms)
• Osteoarthritis (degeneration of the cartilage that lines joints or formation of osteophytes (bony outgrowths)
• Frozen shoulder
• Radiculopathy (damage to the nerve roots that enter or leave the spinal cord)
• Lumbago (lower back pain)
• Occipital and trigeminal neuralgia (severe pain of the trigeminal nerve)
• Headache and migraine pain
• Otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear)
• Sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses)
• Fibrositis/Fibromyalgia
• Cervical vertebral syndrome (pain in the neck joints)
• Contusions
• Tennis epicondylitis (inflammation in the tendon that attaches the extensor muscles to the humerus
• Golfer’s elbow (inflammation of the epicondyle (bony prominence) on the inner side of the elbow)
• Tendonitis (inflammation of a tendon)
• Bursitis (inflammation of a bursa – fluid filled pad that acts as a cushion at a pressure point in the body)
• Tenosynovitis (inflammation of the cartilage directly behind the kneecap)
• Sore heel cushion
• Plantar fascitis (heel spurs or inflammation of the fibrous connective tissue of the foot)
• Sciatica (pain that radiates along the sciatic nerve in the leg)
• Morton’s metatarsalgia (pain in the metatarsal bones in the foot)
• Post-operative pain
• Diabetic neuropathy (inflammation of the peripheral nerves between the central nervous system and other organs)
• Neuralgia (pain associated by the irritation of damage of a nerve)
• Prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate gland)
• Teitze’s syndrome (inflammation of the rib cartilage)
• Muscular pains
• Healing of wounds
• Lessening of pain in geriatric wearing of joints
• Warts
• Accelerating the healing of a fracture
• Sprains and Strains
• Intercostal Neuralgia
• Menstrual Pain – reduces pain, increases regularity in cycles
• Immune System Modulation
• Muscle regeneration
• Nerve regeneration
• Bone regeneration
• Cerebral Palsy – reduces muscle spasm and increases the mobility of muscles
Our Staff
Craig Amrine, L.Ac.
Owner
Craig Amrine, L.Ac. is a fully licensed acupuncturist serving the Tempe and Scottsdale area since 2007 and runs acupuncture clinics both in Tempe, AZ and Eloy, AZ. He is also a professor of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture at Southwest College of Chinese Medicine (SCNM)
He uses his background as an engineer, professional skydiver, martial artist and MMA fighter, yoga teacher, and college professor of Chinese Medicine and acupuncture to offer a unique approach to tackling disease and improving health through acupuncture and cold laser therapy.
He's dedicated to private sessions custom tailored to each patient.
Penny Dog
Therapy Dog
I'd like to introduce Penny, our AcupunctureClinic Therapy Dog! She will likely greet you at the door with a series of friendly woofs, and then lay at your feet with a toy or a bone in her mouth.
Unfortunately, Penny passed away from cancer last year despite our best efforts to save her. She was amazing and will forever hold a very special place in our hearts. All dogs go to heaven.
Piper, the Master of Mayhem
Introducing Piper, our therapy-dog-in-training.....always in training with this one. Like Penny, she is a Hungarian Vizsla and is very friendly....sometimes too friendly and will offer to snuggle with patients during treatment. She is with us at clinic most days especially in the morning.
